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. >> jon stewart and stephen colbert bring their act to washington. >> jason, where are you? >> i don't know, i am in a six- lane traffic circle that leads to an underpass. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> in rhode island, the democrat running for governor tells the president of the united states that he can take his endorsement and shoved it. in alaska, a candidate's bodyguard handcuffs the reporter tries to ask the candidate a question. the senate candidate in nevada and accuses her opponent of idolatry. a protester in kentucky rally gets her head stomped on. and now two comedians take over the mall for a rally. how dare they make a mockery of the political process? colby, the conventional wisdom is that the democrats are about to take a bath. you have been challenging that for months. do you want a change your mind? it is our last chance. >> gordon, i would like to revise and extend my remarks. [laughter] i think the house is likely to go republican. there is a good chance -- there is a chance that the senate will stay in the hands of th
. >> jon stewart and stephen colbert bring their act to washington. >> jason, where are you? >> i don't know, i am in a six- lane traffic circle that leads to an underpass. captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> in rhode island, the democrat running for governor tells the president of the united states that he can take his endorsement and shoved it. in alaska, a candidate's bodyguard handcuffs the reporter tries to ask the candidate a...
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stewart, of doing jon stewart badly. >> rose: well, no, just doing it we'll get to badly later. >> okay, i appreciate that. no, the expectation, i knew it would be terrifying. and it did not disappoint. and-- i wasn't sure it would be quite as much fun as it's been. it's been a huge amount of fun. >> rose: what makes it fun? >> well, because you get to-- i've worked on this show for 7 years so it's like being a kind of nascar pit crew member. i know how the engine works but i've never got to drive it before. only when you drive it dow learn how fast goes. >> rose: and you also realize it is a finely tuned machine. >> it is amazing. the show is an amazing machine. and a machine that jon has very strategically and int ri catly built himself. he has taught almost everyone in that building how to dot particular version of their job they do so skillfully. so yeah t was-- it's been-- i'm even more impressed with the whole machine now than i was before i got the perspective of looking at it. >> rose: it raise the question though, they finely tuned it for him. and then they're dropping you in t
stewart, of doing jon stewart badly. >> rose: well, no, just doing it we'll get to badly later. >> okay, i appreciate that. no, the expectation, i knew it would be terrifying. and it did not disappoint. and-- i wasn't sure it would be quite as much fun as it's been. it's been a huge amount of fun. >> rose: what makes it fun? >> well, because you get to-- i've worked on this show for 7 years so it's like being a kind of nascar pit crew member. i know how the engine works...
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now, were you invited to chat with jon stewart or to be in a field piece? tavis: that is a good question. i am not sure. i think it was a chat with jon. i am not sure about that. >> because in that context, you are safe. jon is a bright guy and a respectful guy and obviously a brilliant comedian, and he is a very genuinely intellectually curious person, so he is subjects. i love to watch him interview. i think he is one of the greatest out there. but the field pieces, which is what i did, those i cannot in good conscience encourage anyone -- [laughter] to ever agree to do, and i apologize to my buddies who still work at "the daily show." it is an inherently manipulative process, and people agree to be in those segments, thinking that they get it, that they understand the way we operate, and they are not going to be a victim to it. it is impossible for you to sit down for a field piece interview and win. tavis: yes. [laughter] >> because we leave with all the footage and we control the presentation. tavis: that is right. >> we control how the audience sees i
now, were you invited to chat with jon stewart or to be in a field piece? tavis: that is a good question. i am not sure. i think it was a chat with jon. i am not sure about that. >> because in that context, you are safe. jon is a bright guy and a respectful guy and obviously a brilliant comedian, and he is a very genuinely intellectually curious person, so he is subjects. i love to watch him interview. i think he is one of the greatest out there. but the field pieces, which is what i did,...
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. >> jon stewart stephen colbert lead a rally at the weekend before the election. does this mean trouble for democrats? >> oh, my god! [applause] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> white house chief of staff rahm emanuel is leaving washington to chase his dream. he wants to be the next mayor of chicago. he will have to find a new place to live because the people renting his chicago house are not leaving. also leaving, larry summers, the budget director peter orszag is already gone, and so is the chair of the council of economic advisers, christina romer. david axelrod will hang in at least until next year. what impact will rahm emanuel's departure have on the white house operation, nina? >> it will clean up the language. pete rouse is such a different kind of person. >> the new chief of staff. >> at least the interim chief of staff. rahm emanuel was an enforcer and had great political instincts, and in many ways very good judgment. but he was ruthless not just to his enemies. he was ruthless to people in the white house he disagree
. >> jon stewart stephen colbert lead a rally at the weekend before the election. does this mean trouble for democrats? >> oh, my god! [applause] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> white house chief of staff rahm emanuel is leaving washington to chase his dream. he wants to be the next mayor of chicago. he will have to find a new place to live because the people renting his chicago house are not leaving. also leaving, larry summers, the budget...
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i have had a chance now to work with jon stewart and parker. these guys are master sadr's -- satirists. it is one of the greatest things you can do in the field, and you cannot be afraid to take the leap. tavis: do you have fears about whether you will know where that line is when you get to it? >> i absolutely fear i do not know where that line is, and that is why i am not writing the next musical as religion. you do have a grasp. there were things up until the very last performance i was wondering if we were pushing it. they believed themselves. tavis: what did that experience a to you about the way, i try to find the right word, view, hold, about the the notion of religion, because it is the most sacred on the one hand and then among the most controversial topics in the nation. >> it is. i am spiritual by nature. tavis: yes, you are from one of those tribes. >> yes. it is in my dna. you have seen the show. yes, it appeals to an agnostic or an atheist sensibility, but it also truly delivers a message of spirituality, and it delivers on the pr
i have had a chance now to work with jon stewart and parker. these guys are master sadr's -- satirists. it is one of the greatest things you can do in the field, and you cannot be afraid to take the leap. tavis: do you have fears about whether you will know where that line is when you get to it? >> i absolutely fear i do not know where that line is, and that is why i am not writing the next musical as religion. you do have a grasp. there were things up until the very last performance i...
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. >> and the way to end -- of course jon stewart said you jump off a sinking ship. he said they got an english guy to replace you and when anderson goes they got a guy from turkey. tavis: he is funny. >> yeah, he is. bright as a whip. i don't think there is a rule. i think you know it when you know it. colin powell, one of my favorite people on the planet said to me you know when you're on a subway train in new york and you get to the last stop, when you get to that stop, get off. tavis: mm-hmm. >> if you go back, you're just trailing old territory. you got to know when to get off the train. and i think most people watching who are thinking of this know it. you know it when it is time. the only thing is, as i said there, may be times when you regret it. tavis: hmm mm. >> the time i almost left cnn. i had a window in my contract and i almost left two years after i started. i was going to leave. i had offers from abc. kingworld was going to set me up like in an oprah situation. i was going follow "nightline". the bait bob wolf was going to go down to atlanta and tell
. >> and the way to end -- of course jon stewart said you jump off a sinking ship. he said they got an english guy to replace you and when anderson goes they got a guy from turkey. tavis: he is funny. >> yeah, he is. bright as a whip. i don't think there is a rule. i think you know it when you know it. colin powell, one of my favorite people on the planet said to me you know when you're on a subway train in new york and you get to the last stop, when you get to that stop, get off....
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stewart march, and they have had issues with juan before. i am in the most awkward position here, talking about a management decision that i may or may not agree with, but it was not a terribly popular decision on at the news floor. >> colby king. >> we only saw part of juan's statement. he also said on the show, cautioned bill o'reilly not to sweep to broadly on muslims, just as you would not want to make a sweeping charge on christianity because of timothy mcveigh. it is a more balanced statement. certainly what he did was not a firing offense. but npr is now suggesting there was more to it than that. like so many things in this world, it is very murky. >> charles, fox, where you are part of regular contribute your -- where you are a contributor, offered juan it to million- dollar contract. >> i think it is a clear issue. the bigotry charge is a joke. if you heard it in context, there was no big retreat at all. jesse jackson once talked about the side as he feels when he is on the street and he hears footsteps and when it turns out to be a
stewart march, and they have had issues with juan before. i am in the most awkward position here, talking about a management decision that i may or may not agree with, but it was not a terribly popular decision on at the news floor. >> colby king. >> we only saw part of juan's statement. he also said on the show, cautioned bill o'reilly not to sweep to broadly on muslims, just as you would not want to make a sweeping charge on christianity because of timothy mcveigh. it is a more...
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." >> the idea that he can have jon stewart running this pac, and he has no connection at all. there was a story that even if you are a business partner, you are the candidate, your business partner is the head of the pac, according to the law, there can be no collusion going on. that is a silly provision that he is looking at. >> one of the things that fascinates me in terms of gathering news, when it comes to how people are reacting, there is almost universal access -- depending on where you live -- if you have the right tools, you can go online and be a reporter. likewise, there is a danger in when you actually see. so often, people interpret things to be true. it is not hard for something that is not true to get out there. as a result, we are seeing more and more often, i hope, skepticism about what people see on the internet. despite the fact that it can be a useful tool, we see how it affects our political process. so many candidates are afraid to do anything for fear of getting put out of context. mitt romney made a comment about firing people and the quotation was trunc
." >> the idea that he can have jon stewart running this pac, and he has no connection at all. there was a story that even if you are a business partner, you are the candidate, your business partner is the head of the pac, according to the law, there can be no collusion going on. that is a silly provision that he is looking at. >> one of the things that fascinates me in terms of gathering news, when it comes to how people are reacting, there is almost universal access --...
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she's not milton berle or jon stewart but she's a really good sense of humor. >> rose: (laughs). >> and i think her justices will find her a great companion. >> rose: what did she do at harvard law school that was so impressive? >> well, harvard law school was a place that is a place where if there are 150 positions, there's... >> rose: that's like every faculty isn't it? >> well, harvard took it to a really high level. elena came in as dean to harvard law school and proposed sensible accommodations. she got the faculty to get together on excellence in hiring and brought in people regardless of their political philosophy. she hired some of the great leading conservatives. she hired leading liberal professors. she brought the faculty together. i think everybody on that faculty-- both the conservatives as well as the liberals and the moderate-- all felt that she listened to them, understood their view point, understood the importance of what they wanted and both in curriculum development and faculty hiring she was able to come up with solutions that would attract a good solid consensus of
she's not milton berle or jon stewart but she's a really good sense of humor. >> rose: (laughs). >> and i think her justices will find her a great companion. >> rose: what did she do at harvard law school that was so impressive? >> well, harvard law school was a place that is a place where if there are 150 positions, there's... >> rose: that's like every faculty isn't it? >> well, harvard took it to a really high level. elena came in as dean to harvard law...
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i'm not quite sure what she's getting at because in fact marx was in touch with jon stewart mills. in fact marx's first really widely read was was an antiwar document. it was so great that he actually gave marx the money to produce 30,000 copies of it. and i think that, i mean it's just little bit difference of opinion and ditches of style. marx was a solitary thinker, i was an introvert, he loved his study and he love his books. that was all the material he needed to create this world. i think she says he had never gone to a faory but in fact inglis took marx to manchester, the heart of the industrial world in 1845. and he saw first happened not just the factory workers but the way the factory workers had to life. the felt in which they live so he was very well acquainted with the actual suffering. >> charlie: and the relevance of karl marx today. >> it's amazing. his ideas on socialism and communism were utopian in the extreme. but his depiction or his descriion of capitalism was pretty much right on the money and as we see what's happened, the excess. charlie: capitalism being d
i'm not quite sure what she's getting at because in fact marx was in touch with jon stewart mills. in fact marx's first really widely read was was an antiwar document. it was so great that he actually gave marx the money to produce 30,000 copies of it. and i think that, i mean it's just little bit difference of opinion and ditches of style. marx was a solitary thinker, i was an introvert, he loved his study and he love his books. that was all the material he needed to create this world. i think...
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jon stewart was great, i'm sure he put a little bit of pressure on them. and it was a combination of everything altogether. >> brown: are you confident now going forward that it will be administered and how the money will be used and administered? >> i'm very confident. i'm sure there's going to be oversight. you know, we take it very seriously that if anybody claims they were at ground zero and they weren't, or anybody who claims they're sick and they're not, we want to make sure they don't get what they don't deserve and it goes to the people who do deserve it. >> brown: all right, thanks very much. >> thanks for having me on. have a happy holiday. >> brown: thanks, you too. to another of the last-minute actions in congress: the overhaul of food safety regulations. foodborne illness remains a major problem in the u.s. one in six americans becomes ill from tainted food each year. 3,000 people die. the new law comes after a series of outbreaks linked to spinach, peanuts, eggs and other foods. among other things, it gives the fda the power to issue recalls;
jon stewart was great, i'm sure he put a little bit of pressure on them. and it was a combination of everything altogether. >> brown: are you confident now going forward that it will be administered and how the money will be used and administered? >> i'm very confident. i'm sure there's going to be oversight. you know, we take it very seriously that if anybody claims they were at ground zero and they weren't, or anybody who claims they're sick and they're not, we want to make sure...
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stewart and stephen colbert, >> welcome. later in this broadcast, we'll take a look at the face of global capitalism, red in tooth and claw. yes, i'm talking about america's number one self-promoter, donald trump, who, when he hasn't been firing fading tv stars on "the celebrity apprentice" or speaking for the anti-obama birther cult, or providing red meat for jon stewart and stephen colbert, has been digging up the ancient beaches of scotland to build a luxury golf course for his pals, the idle rich. more on that coming up. but first, a threat to democracy even more dangerous than the donald. across the country one state legislature after another has been making it harder for certain people to vote, especially by requiring them to show a government-issued photo id before they can cast their ballot. ask what's going on, and they solemnly respond, "we're just trying to prevent voter fraud." ask them for evidence of that fraud, and they shamelessly shrug the shoulders and excuse themselves to go answer the door bell that's not
stewart and stephen colbert, >> welcome. later in this broadcast, we'll take a look at the face of global capitalism, red in tooth and claw. yes, i'm talking about america's number one self-promoter, donald trump, who, when he hasn't been firing fading tv stars on "the celebrity apprentice" or speaking for the anti-obama birther cult, or providing red meat for jon stewart and stephen colbert, has been digging up the ancient beaches of scotland to build a luxury golf course for...
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big bill's whole debate with jon stewart was like that. even when he offered up a morsel of praise for anyone, he tripped over the facts. he gave a thumb's up to jorge ramos and maria elena salinas, who were guests on moyers & company last week, for putting president obama's feet to the fire on immigration reform. >>> a promise is a promise. and with all due respect, but you didn't keep that promise. >> but he had their network wrong, too. >> and that was a best interview by the way, these telemundo people. that was the best one so far in the campaign. >> they're on univision, bill. not telemundo, those two are competitors. suppose i mixed up your fox news channel with, say, the cartoon network. anyway, no hard feelings. i've never even met bill o'reilly, by the way. but over the years, as his attacks on public broadcasting and our independent journalism have mounted, i have kept inviting him to come on our program to have a civil conversation about our differences. no editing, no tricks. i'll even introduce him to our fact checkers, some
big bill's whole debate with jon stewart was like that. even when he offered up a morsel of praise for anyone, he tripped over the facts. he gave a thumb's up to jorge ramos and maria elena salinas, who were guests on moyers & company last week, for putting president obama's feet to the fire on immigration reform. >>> a promise is a promise. and with all due respect, but you didn't keep that promise. >> but he had their network wrong, too. >> and that was a best...
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>> i don know that walter cronkite would have looked kance at jon stewart. after all, fore he an ke he cbs ns, walter cronkite stood up inront of show called "you were there" and tried to convice americans playfully that he was pesent at the battle of waterloo, the signing of the truce of the apomatocs, e of theivil war and son. i think that he -- i thk would have wondered what's wrong wi the rest of the news business that doesn't purport to be doing fe news but is dog, instead, trivl news, gull i believ news, jo stert i thi is the last of our problems. >> and robi as someone who was friends wth walter cronkite did you have a personal memory you would like to sare about your time knowing himtd all those years >> well, he was -- he had a exceeds ven that of hollood stars. and probably hard to replicate now. my wife and i we invited to go to the kentucky derby once with th cronkites, with the same hosts. and we left the stads and nt down to look at e horses. i kn nothing about horses but anyway, it was packed there. and somedy noticed it was cronkite leading o
>> i don know that walter cronkite would have looked kance at jon stewart. after all, fore he an ke he cbs ns, walter cronkite stood up inront of show called "you were there" and tried to convice americans playfully that he was pesent at the battle of waterloo, the signing of the truce of the apomatocs, e of theivil war and son. i think that he -- i thk would have wondered what's wrong wi the rest of the news business that doesn't purport to be doing fe news but is dog, instead,...
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when i looked at it, i thought it was just political nice talk to a visitor, and as jon stewart said, the worst thing was the response, "i will pass the message on to vladimirrrr." >> i disagree. i don't think there's any way you can spin it. it is embarrassing -- >> oh, it's embarrassing. >> it raises questions about what the policy will be after the election. on your point about seasoned politicians about an open mikes, why not, if you are going to have a conversation, outdoors? in a room with any russian, you are sure there is going to be a bug. [laughter] outdoors with bird. >> it is obviously very serious. he is telling the dictator of another country "wait until my last election." unlike you, i don't have to answer to any electorate. here is the question, why is he dealing on missile defense in the first place? the treaty that regulates missile defense expired in 2002. we withdrew in 2002. we have no obligation. the russians had been trying to curtail our missile defense for 30 years. we have a tremendous technological lead, and it improves everywhere our strategic advantage. it
when i looked at it, i thought it was just political nice talk to a visitor, and as jon stewart said, the worst thing was the response, "i will pass the message on to vladimirrrr." >> i disagree. i don't think there's any way you can spin it. it is embarrassing -- >> oh, it's embarrassing. >> it raises questions about what the policy will be after the election. on your point about seasoned politicians about an open mikes, why not, if you are going to have a...
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jon stewart took a romney speech and a little excerpts of it next to the ones that obama from that speech, and they were almost word for word the same. no. 2, obviously, the romney people thought this was working, using an negative ad, and the obama people concluded the same thing. you don't do something this defensive and is fuzzy "i was taken out of context" business unless you think it is hurting you. >> colby? >> the romney camp took that remark out of context. if you read the total remark, it is a very clear that he is suggesting -- he has not suggesting individual initiatives cannot succeed, is not important. he does say that. he also talks about the other things -- the infrastructure is important. he also discusses other things as well. they took it out of context, and if obama had said nothing, somebody on the right would have said, "he said nothing because he has no response." if he speaks up, they say, "he is vulnerable at." >> i just gave you the context. show me where i am wrong. >> i prefer the context in which i was discussing it, where if he was discussing individual initia
jon stewart took a romney speech and a little excerpts of it next to the ones that obama from that speech, and they were almost word for word the same. no. 2, obviously, the romney people thought this was working, using an negative ad, and the obama people concluded the same thing. you don't do something this defensive and is fuzzy "i was taken out of context" business unless you think it is hurting you. >> colby? >> the romney camp took that remark out of context. if you...
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. >> brown: now in his second season, it features several segments some out of the jon stewart play book while fake reporting in the field. >> brown: and there are interviews, sometimes straight, sometimes relaxed. recent events in egypt gave the pair a chance to point out a few differences between the countries. with a big wink of the eye. >> people of iran, do you know what is happening in egypt? there's an uprising there, a revolution. they're going to open bars. women don't have to wear veils anymore. high speed internet is becoming available. >> brown: in other words not so bad. the surprise result this creation of two self-described regular dudes has become one of the most popular programs in iran. for its watched on satellite tv, illegal but widely used, and on internet sites such as facebook which is also illegal but where the program had close to 30 million views in the past month. the show is a hit with the iranian-american community as well. a math teacher who doesn't want to share his last name for fear of reprisal to his mother in iran and this man an i.t.specialist get some
. >> brown: now in his second season, it features several segments some out of the jon stewart play book while fake reporting in the field. >> brown: and there are interviews, sometimes straight, sometimes relaxed. recent events in egypt gave the pair a chance to point out a few differences between the countries. with a big wink of the eye. >> people of iran, do you know what is happening in egypt? there's an uprising there, a revolution. they're going to open bars. women...
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when he went on jon stewart we found out why. on jon stewart, he said he worked on that for three or four weeks and he consulted policy experts because he wanted to make sure he got it right. was that a compelling case, democrats? i think you think it was. was it factual? yes, it was. if you are going to be prepared to govern competently, can't you make the case for your election based on a factually defensible argument? and if you can't, why should we vote for you, even if you share our ideology, candidate? >> when you took the results of this survey and sat alone with them in your study there in philadelphia, and you looked at this gap, gulf, were you proud of the american people or not? >> when you look at the finding about the supreme court that shows an understanding of the constitutional issue involved in the ruling that said that that fine was a tax, what was called the american people.m proud of they understand something very complex. when i look at whether they don't understand where the candidates are on the issues, bec
when he went on jon stewart we found out why. on jon stewart, he said he worked on that for three or four weeks and he consulted policy experts because he wanted to make sure he got it right. was that a compelling case, democrats? i think you think it was. was it factual? yes, it was. if you are going to be prepared to govern competently, can't you make the case for your election based on a factually defensible argument? and if you can't, why should we vote for you, even if you share our...
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stewart and stephen colbert. they make a good living. it is an age of choice, and in an age of choice, there are a lot of people out there now will do well. tavis: this is a man who made a lot of important decisions that helped to define many of our lives as we watched television. his name is warren littlefield, and his book is "top of the rock: inside must-see tv." that is our show. keep the faith. >> for more information on hi, i'm tavis smiley. join me next time for a conversation with -- actor ryan o'neal, and his new memoir on his time with farrah faucett. that is next time. we will see you then. >> every community has a martin luther king boulevard. it's the cornerstone we all know. it's not just a street or boulevard, but a place where walmart stands together with your community to make every day better. >> and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> be more. pbs. >> be more. pbs.
stewart and stephen colbert. they make a good living. it is an age of choice, and in an age of choice, there are a lot of people out there now will do well. tavis: this is a man who made a lot of important decisions that helped to define many of our lives as we watched television. his name is warren littlefield, and his book is "top of the rock: inside must-see tv." that is our show. keep the faith. >> for more information on hi, i'm tavis smiley. join me next time for a...
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least in part, missed the fact that fox -- hannity on fox had mixed two rallies, one frothe day -- >> jon stewart fun of him. -- made fun of him. >> but w are at point of disinformation -- ion't know what ppened with this votg present -- >> it waan interesting thing. the reblicans are almost unanimously pro-life party in the house. enhe stupakmendment, troduced by the pro-life side, was introduced, they rlize that if it were aepted, these pro-life members on the demoatic side would now vote for e health bill and heah bill would pass. as alan to sabotage tt, seral republican house members discusse seriously, quite seriously, plaed to vote just present. ifhey did, t votes would not count d it would not be eugh votes to pass the andment and the health care billould go down. a call from cardinal george of chago, the head of the catholic bhops, to the republic lders, letting em know directly at if it did go down, if the stupak amendment went down, theesponsibility would be on the republicans' hands anthat would be known. as a consequence, only one republican, john shadegg, who we saw in the se
least in part, missed the fact that fox -- hannity on fox had mixed two rallies, one frothe day -- >> jon stewart fun of him. -- made fun of him. >> but w are at point of disinformation -- ion't know what ppened with this votg present -- >> it waan interesting thing. the reblicans are almost unanimously pro-life party in the house. enhe stupakmendment, troduced by the pro-life side, was introduced, they rlize that if it were aepted, these pro-life members on the demoatic side...
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. >>> in the middle east, a leading egyptian satirist and television soviet to america's jon stewart yanked off the air. yousaf made fun of the leader. a huge cake adorned were the the image of the army chief. >>> tunisia barred from the davis cup. the international tins federation imposed the punishment after tunisian player was ordered not to play against another player. there is no room for prejudice in the sport. >>> and designated newborn to either male or female. that section of the birth certificate can be left blank. the idea, decide what to dop if the child is born with both male and female sex characteristics. estimates say that occurs in as many as 1 in 2,000 births. m for male, f for female or x, , for those calling themselves intersex. >>> and now back to that attack at l.a.x. yesterday. for more about its possible repurchase cushions joined from washington by rafi rhan, security expert and the former director of security a benghazi in tel aviv. the first thing most of asking this morning, what did we miss? how could we have stopped this? >> well, i think that for the la
. >>> in the middle east, a leading egyptian satirist and television soviet to america's jon stewart yanked off the air. yousaf made fun of the leader. a huge cake adorned were the the image of the army chief. >>> tunisia barred from the davis cup. the international tins federation imposed the punishment after tunisian player was ordered not to play against another player. there is no room for prejudice in the sport. >>> and designated newborn to either male or...
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. >> jon huntsman is running general election campaign. >> as jon stewart said, he was doing such a great job he has no chance whatsoever of getting the republican nomination. >> it is time for our high points and are low points. linda gasparello. >> he already mentioned my low point was. the comparison that rick perry makes himself and goliath. forever italian non--american, this really rubs me the wrong way -- for an italian-american, this really rubs me the wrong way. >> people cheering for the execution of 234 is just atrocious. >> you cannot believe the miscarriage of justice, the texas justice system has been found wanting. >> there were people that were clearly at innocent, and for rick perry not to even the knowledge of is troubling. >> terence samuel? >> not to cheapen this debate, or diminish the gravitas -- . >> please to not be inhibited on our behalf. >> we're talking about jobs, labor, and putting it back to work, and i'm happy to say the nfl was back in business. >> we can see the sports business. i have a friend who is an american who went to school in wales, the center of
. >> jon huntsman is running general election campaign. >> as jon stewart said, he was doing such a great job he has no chance whatsoever of getting the republican nomination. >> it is time for our high points and are low points. linda gasparello. >> he already mentioned my low point was. the comparison that rick perry makes himself and goliath. forever italian non--american, this really rubs me the wrong way -- for an italian-american, this really rubs me the wrong way....
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i saw the president talk to jon stewart here this week. let's listen to their exchange. >> so much of what you said is great leaders lead in a time of opportunity. yet legislatively, it has felt timid at times, that i'm not even sure at times what you want out of a health care bill. >> and this is -- jon, i love your show. but this is something where, you know, i have a profound disagreement with you and i don't want to lump you in with a lot of other pundits, but this notion -- [laughter] >> you may. >> this notion that health care was timid -- you've got 30 million people who are going to get health insurance as a consequence of this. gwen: if you're lost on stewart -- you get apathy on the left, energy on the right. there's the enthusiasm gap that we've been talking about so much. >> it is that. and the health care bill is symbolic of that. if you talk to liberal democrats along the campaign trail, almost to a person, they will bring up the public option, which they thought was essential to a good health care bill. they didn't get it, t
i saw the president talk to jon stewart here this week. let's listen to their exchange. >> so much of what you said is great leaders lead in a time of opportunity. yet legislatively, it has felt timid at times, that i'm not even sure at times what you want out of a health care bill. >> and this is -- jon, i love your show. but this is something where, you know, i have a profound disagreement with you and i don't want to lump you in with a lot of other pundits, but this notion --...
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they get news from jon stewart at night in a different way. i mean, i think people are getting news in many different ways but not necessarily at a point in time like perhaps happened in the past. >> our regular host frank sesno had a long career in cable news at cnn, and he wanted to weigh in on this topic. he's in hong kong but taped this question for chris matthews before he left. >> chris, cable news channels have not had ratings success putting news shows on in prime time. you're very good at opinion. you're very good at the show that you do, but why do you think cable news channels have so much trouble doing news in prime time? >> well, i think, to answer frank's question, i think by a certain time of the night, people have the basic facts. i sort of think around--i'm on at 5:00 east coast time, and by 5:00, they have picked up pieces throughout the day of the story that broke that afternoon, and i'm always--we're always worried that we'll miss that 4:00 story at 5:00. and so they know the story, they know the headline, and they may want
they get news from jon stewart at night in a different way. i mean, i think people are getting news in many different ways but not necessarily at a point in time like perhaps happened in the past. >> our regular host frank sesno had a long career in cable news at cnn, and he wanted to weigh in on this topic. he's in hong kong but taped this question for chris matthews before he left. >> chris, cable news channels have not had ratings success putting news shows on in prime time....
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stewart. i had left them out. >> paul: twins. >> dave: so now it's craig ferguson and the two jimmys and jay leno and conan o'brien and the cable twins. am i leaving anybody else? >> the man comes on way late after everybody, carson daily. >> dave: oh, that's all right. (laughter) >> paul: so i don't know if you can see that. we have 17 people following us. (laughter) >> paul: that's good. >> dave: we get to be 20 and the checks start rolling. and here's another tweet check! so i'm reaching out to... paul tipped me to this when we were looking to jimmy fallon we started out with dude and then three days later he got it and called us right back. so i hashtaged this one. i don't know if you can see this one. you have to have a hashtag. >> paul: hashtag? and you just wrote the word hashtag? >> dave: hello, boys. i have to get my... >> hello, boys? well. >> dave: well now something happened. every time i touch something it goes... well, we won't be taking off far while, ladies and gentlemen, will
stewart. i had left them out. >> paul: twins. >> dave: so now it's craig ferguson and the two jimmys and jay leno and conan o'brien and the cable twins. am i leaving anybody else? >> the man comes on way late after everybody, carson daily. >> dave: oh, that's all right. (laughter) >> paul: so i don't know if you can see that. we have 17 people following us. (laughter) >> paul: that's good. >> dave: we get to be 20 and the checks start rolling. and...
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they had very strong views but jon stewart mill was not ws to them. they had gone throughthese arguments, theyre fascinated by them, alrea before i arrived. and they want to wrele in, with these qstions. they can't do it publicly. >>harlie: see if you can get urhow on television. >> well, it will be a challenge. it's interting, the university, they pk their spots for the censorship. >> charlie: here's anotr point, i don't want to point a finger at china or any particular place. in some places the argument goes like this. there's a compact bween those that govern and the governed. itoes like this. we'll takeare of youut leave the government to us. leave the politics to us. yes. like inhina right now. >> charlie: th's the argunt. >> yes, absotely. what it brds aind of -- among thstudents -- >> crlie: leave the rus to us. >> yes. so it cretes a kind of radically depoliticized public spher so these studes who are intentionallynterested inhe classroom within any university, twof the big universities or fudong in shangha they are passionately intereste they
they had very strong views but jon stewart mill was not ws to them. they had gone throughthese arguments, theyre fascinated by them, alrea before i arrived. and they want to wrele in, with these qstions. they can't do it publicly. >>harlie: see if you can get urhow on television. >> well, it will be a challenge. it's interting, the university, they pk their spots for the censorship. >> charlie: here's anotr point, i don't want to point a finger at china or any particular...
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last night i included the cable twins, jon stewart and steve colbert. and conan, craig ferguson, and jay leno. who am i leaving out? >> paul: carson daly. >> dave: oh, that's okay. ( laughter ) ( applause ) so we are reaching out to the talk show community. and we've heard back from nobody. so that still leaves conan, craig ferguson, and jay leno t to-- so i'm sending out another e-mail tonight. i've kind of got the hang of it, and this is the one we're sending tonight. first what i learned, you have to start with the hash tag, so i put these two things up there, and then i add the hash tag. >> paul: i see that. >> dave: can you see it right there? and here i say, "hi, boys." so i'm telling them about the show tonight. ( laughter ) >> paul: okay. >> dave: barney frank plus-- big laws. tune in tonight. so we'll see-- here you go. ( applause ) are you ready, anton? there it goes. look out. there it goes. ( bell ringing ) this is discouraging. we've been tweeting now actively for two weeks. look, we only have 17 people following us. ( laughter ) but you ha
last night i included the cable twins, jon stewart and steve colbert. and conan, craig ferguson, and jay leno. who am i leaving out? >> paul: carson daly. >> dave: oh, that's okay. ( laughter ) ( applause ) so we are reaching out to the talk show community. and we've heard back from nobody. so that still leaves conan, craig ferguson, and jay leno t to-- so i'm sending out another e-mail tonight. i've kind of got the hang of it, and this is the one we're sending tonight. first what i...
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stewart are the things that are the deadly boomerang thing for candidate, more than the social media piece of it. it is still the tv clips. >> rose: thank you for coming, great to have you here. tina brown from newsweek and the daily beast, thank you, gwen, as always. >> thank you. >> thank you, charlie. hey, charlie, michelle obama said on the campaign trail the next 15 days is going to feel long. for whom? >> rose: john dickerson, thank you for doing double duty for us from cbs to come over here, as always, thank you. >> thank you, charlie. >> rose: mark, john, thank you. as always. >> thank you, charlie. thank you, charlie. >> rose: and albert, last word to you. >> we have concluded here, every night that there has been a debate we have been here live holding the fort these have certainly been and industry less than 20 seconds, memorable debates than in the past, have they not? taken as a hole? >> i agree, charlie, they have been among the most memorable ever and i thank you we have had fund fun on this and yahweh to see halperin at the council for foreign relations. >> rose: i ca
stewart are the things that are the deadly boomerang thing for candidate, more than the social media piece of it. it is still the tv clips. >> rose: thank you for coming, great to have you here. tina brown from newsweek and the daily beast, thank you, gwen, as always. >> thank you. >> thank you, charlie. hey, charlie, michelle obama said on the campaign trail the next 15 days is going to feel long. for whom? >> rose: john dickerson, thank you for doing double duty for us...
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hello, conan, craig, the jimmies, the cable twins, that's john jon stewart and steve colbert, and jay, that would be leno, and then look, i added a humorous little thing there, let's buy a zoo. (applause) >> dave: now i'm going to send that out. get ready, anton, here we go. there she goes, ladies and gentlemen. what happened to the thing, usually it was a beautiful christmas tree, just gorgeous. usually and then we have the pizza pie there and there it is, the empire state building and on top of that we used to have rupert g bring in a meatball, a big, beautiful fat meatball and it would go right up there on top of the tree. and it was silly and symbolic because that's how our first christmas here what happened to the -- >> i don't snow what happened to the meatball. >> dave: we didn't put it on yet. it was up earlier. >> paul: i remember it being up there. >> dave: it was up there. >> paul: i remember it. >> dave: where-- what-- (laughter) oh boy. wow. and he's worried about cathy griffin hurting his credibility. (laughter) there, we found the meatball, ladies and gentlemen. we'll b
hello, conan, craig, the jimmies, the cable twins, that's john jon stewart and steve colbert, and jay, that would be leno, and then look, i added a humorous little thing there, let's buy a zoo. (applause) >> dave: now i'm going to send that out. get ready, anton, here we go. there she goes, ladies and gentlemen. what happened to the thing, usually it was a beautiful christmas tree, just gorgeous. usually and then we have the pizza pie there and there it is, the empire state building and...
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stewart of comedy fame came here. >> exactly. >> rose: when you look ahead to your life what do you hope to accomplish? well, i'm writing two books. the first is a memoir of my time as secretary of defense under president obama and president bush. it was a unique time and a unique experience working under two presidents, two different parties, never been done before and i also want to write about how you lead change in big public institutions. i've done it at c.i.a. and texas a&m, department, and it's different than the private sector and i don't think there's much out there by any time you've done it and particularly at several different big institutions. >> rose: i want to talk about broad things and specific things. beginning with broad things. what's the... how do you assess our national security today? >> well, i think we don't... it's just first of all very different from the world i grew up in in terms of the cold war. there was an overarching enemy. there was always looming on the horizon the danger of the a nuclear confrontation. so the soviet union posed an existential thr
stewart of comedy fame came here. >> exactly. >> rose: when you look ahead to your life what do you hope to accomplish? well, i'm writing two books. the first is a memoir of my time as secretary of defense under president obama and president bush. it was a unique time and a unique experience working under two presidents, two different parties, never been done before and i also want to write about how you lead change in big public institutions. i've done it at c.i.a. and texas...
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i think jon stewart caught it beautifully last night. he said the iranian regime has militarized irony, they have weaponized irony. they really have weaponized irony. they say things that are remarkably/verdictly clearly a lie but they say it with certainty. >> rose: what about mr. ahmadinejad? >> he is trying to play a very interesting game he is trying to begin to create for himself an indendent base of power. and if you look at what has been saying and what his sons father-in-law, a very controversial figure has been saying, they're saying a lot of things that the iranian middle-class want to say. that is religion shouldn't interfere in people's private lives. talking about the greatness of iran. talking about there would have been no islam if there wasn't iran, this is virtually what he said. so he's moving gingerly, i think, to creating this independent... >> rose: backing more... it's hard to use "american" definitions but becoming more moderate? more nationalistic? >> becoming more of a nationalistic... or giving his rhetoric more
i think jon stewart caught it beautifully last night. he said the iranian regime has militarized irony, they have weaponized irony. they really have weaponized irony. they say things that are remarkably/verdictly clearly a lie but they say it with certainty. >> rose: what about mr. ahmadinejad? >> he is trying to play a very interesting game he is trying to begin to create for himself an indendent base of power. and if you look at what has been saying and what his sons...
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sthup so you're i the busess finding content where it's "chaie rose" or "jon stewart" or30 roc or "60 minutes," whateve it might be. >> y. >> rose: es hulu want to say "no onlyo we wanto show you material created by other people some of whom are our busess partners, t also we want to eate original materi for you to cpete with those ys. we're very... a big part of our culture is that we're hule and wee very se-away, i guess you coulsay. fancy ourselves pretty good at w site desig and prett good at technology. very good at creating advertisinservices that work. we happen to tnk that we ar unique unqualified to create content. we don't write scripts, we don't produce televisio shows. we are uquely unqualified to do tha so ion't see that happening. we certaly don't have the capabity today nor dwe have thembition to do that. i think th there's so many tanted people out there that should be dog that as opsed to a bunch of technology gee, which what you fd at hulu. >> rose: let me tk about how you put is together whichis interesting, and correct me if i'm wrong. >> okay. >>ose: you knew of s
sthup so you're i the busess finding content where it's "chaie rose" or "jon stewart" or30 roc or "60 minutes," whateve it might be. >> y. >> rose: es hulu want to say "no onlyo we wanto show you material created by other people some of whom are our busess partners, t also we want to eate original materi for you to cpete with those ys. we're very... a big part of our culture is that we're hule and wee very se-away, i guess you coulsay. fancy...
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and later comedy central hosts jon stewart and stephen colbert. for the record, "newshour" guidelines require that staff "not engage in any activity that would compromise, or appear to compromise, our commitment to unbiased reporting." and we explore some of these issues now with geneva overholser, director of the university of southern california's annenberg school for communication and journalism. her many past positions include editor of the "des moines register" and ombudsman at the "washington post." and brian stelter, media reporter for "the new york times." brian, i'll start with you because you've been covering the story. how clear are the rules on political contributions in this case and in other newsrooms as you looked around? >> keith says he baby aware of this policy at msnbc. the policy is for business donations unless you have the permission of your boss at msnbc. most of the employees i smoke to there were well aware of the policy and they are kind of surprised that olberman says he did not know about it. the policy allows some wigg
and later comedy central hosts jon stewart and stephen colbert. for the record, "newshour" guidelines require that staff "not engage in any activity that would compromise, or appear to compromise, our commitment to unbiased reporting." and we explore some of these issues now with geneva overholser, director of the university of southern california's annenberg school for communication and journalism. her many past positions include editor of the "des moines...
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it's a theme at this table, it's a theme on jon stewart's show every night. >> rose: right. >> and i think it should be discussed and... because the... again the confluence of political division and anger with technology and speed has caused this kind of excel rating hysteria. and i don't think civility is the only virtue in discourse. i think we have to have a rigorous discourse, sometimes an insulting discourse, sometimes a rhetoric that even goes to too far to go far enough. but the level of excess among responsible people, politicians first and foremost but also the cable news network and all the rest of it... generically not cnn is out of control. and it's ridiculous and it degrades political thought and discussion. and we absolutely should have that conversation. again, not at the cost of rigor and analysis and passion and it's not necessarily the only order value in conversation but it's got to be one that is present. >> rose: okay, david brooks, do you agree with that? the column you wrote today was too many people were too quick to point the finger and that that was wrong an
it's a theme at this table, it's a theme on jon stewart's show every night. >> rose: right. >> and i think it should be discussed and... because the... again the confluence of political division and anger with technology and speed has caused this kind of excel rating hysteria. and i don't think civility is the only virtue in discourse. i think we have to have a rigorous discourse, sometimes an insulting discourse, sometimes a rhetoric that even goes to too far to go far enough. but...